BANGOR, Maine – Brad Tavares’ first cheat meal after a training camp is the day of his fight, when he’s made weight and his cornermen take him out on the town to gorge before work.

For his next fight, a meeting with Tim Boetsch (17-7 MMA, 8-6 UFC) tonight at UFC Fight Night 47, he talked to MMAjunkie about participating in a “burger challenge,” which presumably means he’ll go patty for patty with his associates until one of them taps out.

But on Sunday, Tavares (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) knows exactly where he wants to go: Sushi Mon in Las Vegas. He goes to the all-you-can-eat restaurant after every fight.

“Whichever one is less busy, that’s where you’ll see me,” said the 26-year-old Hawaii native, who meets Boetsch on the event’s FOX Sports 1 televised-main card at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.

Tavares is hoping for a quick night on the job against Boetsch so he can get on those spicy tuna rolls. Although he’s anticipated a grinding wrestle-fest with the sagging “Barbarian,” there’s the hope that Boetsch will come out with his chin up and hands down.

“Ideally, we come out there, we touch gloves, I feel him out a little bit, touch him one time with a punch and he goes down, fight over,” he said. “That would be a good night. Then I come back here. I see they have some burger challenge. I’ll try to (win that).”